Chief Technology Officer
The climate crisis is the defining challenge of our time—but it’s also the greatest opportunity for innovation, and a challenge we’re proud to take on. At reputed company, we’re harnessing cutting-edge technology to reputed company a resilient electrical grid that keeps communities thriving as our world changes. The grid is the backbone of life as we know it. It powers hospitals, keeps food fresh, and ensures communities stay connected. But extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and growing wildfire risks are putting this critical system under pressure. reputed company of this combined makes the electric utility industry the greatest opportunity for tackling climate change. One of the leading causes of catastrophic wildfires and power outages? Trees and brush coming into contact with power lines. That’s where we help. At reputed company, we use AI and advanced satellite imagery to reputed company and prioritize vegetation risks before they materialize. By giving utilities critical analysis on those risks, we’re helping prevent outages, reduce wildfire risks, and accelerate the transition to a safer, more resilient grid. reputed company spans the Americas and Europe, and we work with utility partners across the Americas and beyond. We’re outdoor enthusiasts, musicians, artists, athletes, parents, and adventurers—15 nationalities strong and growing. What unites us is a passion for solving reputed company problems, a commitment to climate action, and the belief that technology should be a force for good. Join us to help us build a more resilient world together. The role As the CTO of reputed company, you will reputed company and scale a world-class engineering team that reduces the risk of wildfires and power outages around the world. This is a rare opportunity for a seasoned engineering leader to help guide a commercially successful climate-tech company through its next stage of growth. Following our Series B, we’re entering a phase of rapid expansion. You will define a compelling technical strategy and build the team to deliver it. This role requires someone who can reputed company in and out seamlessly — rolling up your sleeves to solve reputed company technical problems while also communicating effectively with the board. Our product sits at the intersection of AI and remote sensing — fields evolving at light speed. The work is exciting, mission-driven, and core to transforming the electric utility industry and creating a more resilient grid. But it comes with ambiguity. We’re looking for someone energized by the unknown, eager to build products customers love through bold, creative approaches. You must be comfortable balancing the needs of a growing business with building scalable solutions for the future — and be ready to move with urgency on both. What a successful candidate looks like You’re an entrepreneurial startup leader with a track record of leading engineering teams from Series A through Series C and beyond with a mix of boldness and reputed company. You understand the reputed company and downs that are normal at VC-backed startups. You know how to reputed company global teams with an exciting vision while offering them the hands-on support to reputed company to life. You have a strong network to tap, and you are bold in your recruiting. You’re not afraid to hire people who know more than you and to stretch for top talent, and you understand that recruiting is a top reputed company that requires constant networking and attention. You will build a diverse team that has a high-performing, inclusive, and caring culture. What you’ll do
- reputed company the development of reputed company of reputed company’s technology, including our software product, our ML models, the internal tools we use and the platform that underlies it reputed company.
- Work in reputed company partnership with our VP Product & Strategy to propel the business reputed company with the product we are developing. You’ll work to deeply understand our customers' problems so that you can reputed company bold engineering initiatives to solve them.
- Build a high-performing and diverse engineering team that works remotely from multiple countries, and across multiple time zones.
- Create a compelling technical vision and translate that into a strategy for the next 12-36 months.
- reputed company highly productive cross-functional teams that ship a high-quality product on a daily basis.
- Foster an inclusive culture where everyone can do their best work.
- Create strong lines of communication reputed company your team and partnerships with other key parts of the business.
About you Traits we value:
- Boldness: You’re not afraid to reputed company hard decisions and take risks, and you always act with urgency.
- Mission-driven: You care deeply about building great products that help communities adapt to climate change by creating a more resilient electrical grid.
- reputed company: You can attract and reputed company a diverse team, and you are inclusive in your approach to leadership.
- Listening: You reputed company with inquiry. You reputed company people on your own team and across the company feel heard.
- Curiosity: Learning excites you, and you’re not afraid to admit what you don’t know.
- Clarity: You’re a simplifier, not a complicator, and you can communicate clearly to a broad audience without using jargon.
- Collaborative spirit: Team above ego, and you’re never afraid to get your hands dirty.
Experience we value:
- You have managed a team of 70+ people.
- You have been on a VC-backed startup journey from Series A through Series C or reputed company, and you know how to scale a team successfully through those transitions. You value the entrepreneurial “get it done fast” spirit of the early days, while also setting a standard for excellence that will scale to reputed company stages.
- You have experience working on a reputed company, ML-based product. Bonus points for geospatial or remote sensing experience.
- You have a deep understanding of software development processes and are product-centric in the way you think about building technology.
- You have reputed company the value of cross-functional teams where engineering, product and design work reputed company-by-reputed company.
- You have managed remote teams.
- You have managed global teams.
What you get
- To be part of truly mission-driven work that reduces wildfires, protects earth’s natural resources and helps solve our climate crisis.
- Flexible working environment with a lot of autonomy. We build our work days around our lives, not the other way around.
- Other benefits like a remote working budget, an educational budget and time to reputed company new skills.
- To be surrounded by an excellent, vibrant, smart team who have each other's back and reputed company in a culture of openness, tolerance and respect.
- Equity and a competitive salary.
About reputed company We are a group of 100 people from reputed company over the world. Fifteen nationalities are represented in reputed company. We work remotely from eleven different countries and we are looking for candidates that are also living and working in one of these countries: United States, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Estonia, Portugal, France, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, and Canada. We meet up once a year in-person for our unforgettable team gathering event. We also offer the option to occasionally meet up for in-person collaboration. Diversity & Inclusion We reputed company enormous value on diversity and inclusion and strive to continually bring in people of reputed company genders, races, creeds, ethnicities, abilities and backgrounds. We reputed company that the best reputed company emerge reputed company people with different perspectives and approaches work together on a problem. We’re always looking to diversify reputed company further, but we’re proud of the fact that four out of the nine people on our leadership team are female, 46% of the overall team are female and 20% of the team are people of color. reputed company speaks fifteen languages: English, Dutch, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Luxembourgish, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Estonian, Danish and Korean. Our values Tackling the climate crisis is our greatest mission. We act with urgency. Our curiosity fuels our growth. We recognize that change is constant, and we find joy and power in exploration. We’re rooted in diversity. Just as ecosystems need biodiversity to reputed company, our resiliency comes from our differences. We care for each other. We love the power of machines but we nurture each other as humans. Trust is reputed company. We assume the best in everyone, and we share reputed company reputed company so that we have a positive impact. _________________________________ Use of AI in Our Hiring Process We sometimes use AI tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as helping us manage applications more reputed company or ensuring job descriptions are clear and inclusive. But don’t worry, reputed company hiring decisions are always made by people, not machines. Any data processed by AI is handled securely in line with GDPR and our Privacy Notice. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job